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Cranberry sauce – fits great in the cold season and with hearty meat dishes, but is usually full of sugar and therefore unsuitable for a low carb or keto diet.
Thanks to this recipe, you can now enjoy cranberry sauce, for example with duck and meatballs without worrying about too much sugar.
This simple keto cranberry sauce doesn’t need any sugar to taste good and only has 0.7g of net carbs per tbsp (compared to about 5g of sugar per tbsp in most classic recipes).
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KETO CRANBERRY SAUCE INGREDIENTS:
This section is where I share a few suggestions and explanations for the ingredients you’ll need for this recipe.
(You can find the exact amounts needed on the recipe card embedded below this section).
Why erythritol?
In my opinion, erythritol is the best keto-friendly sweetener.
– it doesn’t spike your blood sugar,
– it’s completely safe and
– has a very fresh & natural sweet taste.
Because of its natural origin and natural production process (fermentation), I also consider erythritol to be paleo-friendly.
You can use other keto-friendly sweeteners that won’t spike your blood sugar as well, but be aware that you may have to add more or less sweetener if you do so.
Erythritol is about 70% as sweet as sugar whereas other keto-friendly sweeteners like monk fruit and stevia are much sweeter than sugar.
Keep that ratio in mind when using a 1:1 sugar replacement.
HOW TO MAKE THE KETO CRANBERRY SAUCE:
Place the ingredients for the cranberry sauce in a sauce pan.
Let the cranberries simmer over medium heat for about 13-15 minutes, until they have taken on a jam-like consistency.
Let the finished cranberry sauce cool for 2-3 hours at room temperature before serving it with a suitable dish.
Tip: The cranberry sauce goes particularly well with hearty meat dishes.
Store the low carb cranberry sauce in an airtight container in your fridge and consume within a week.
12 servings
1 tbsp
- Amount per serving
- Calories8
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 0.1g1%
- Total Carbohydrate 0.7g1%
- Protein 0.1g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
Ingredients
Directions
Place the ingredients for the cranberry sauce in a sauce pan.
Let the cranberries simmer over medium heat for about 13-15 minutes, until they have taken on a jam-like consistency.
Let the finished cranberry sauce cool for 2-3 hours at room temperature before serving it with a suitable dish.
Tip: The cranberry sauce goes particularly well with hearty meat dishes.
Store the low carb cranberry sauce in an airtight container in your fridge and consume within a week.
Notes
Q: How do you include Erythritol in your calculations?
A: The short answer is: I don’t, and I can tell you why.
Erythritol is a sugar alcohol which your body can’t digest.
If you ingest it, it won’t spike your blood sugar & it won’t release insulin (which is a good thing if you want to stay in ketosis).
It passes through our system basically “untouched”.
Because of this, you can subtract the carbs from erythritol completely, which is what I always do.
(I try to be as accurate as possible with this information, but values may vary because of natural occurring fluctuations and different products used.)
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